# patina

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpætɪnə/ · frequency rank #42,812

## Definitions
1. A paten, flat type of dish.
2. The colour or incrustation which age and wear give to (mainly metallic) objects; especially, the green rust which covers works of art such as ancient bronzes, coins and medals.
3. A green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina.
4. A gloss or superficial layer.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Italian patina, from Latin patina (“dish, pan”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē), either from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread”) or from Pre-Greek. Doublet of paten, patena, and patine.

## Easily confused with
- **Putin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patina-vs-putin)
- **patio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patina-vs-patio)
- **Patna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patina-vs-patna)
- **Paton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patina-vs-paton)
- **paying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patina-vs-paying)
- **paving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patina-vs-paving)
- **plating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patina-vs-plating)
- **patting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patina-vs-patting)
- **Paulina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patina-vs-paulina)
- **pain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pain-vs-patina)
- **paint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-patina)
- **pains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pains-vs-patina)
- **paine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paine-vs-patina)
- **Patil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patil-vs-patina)
- **patent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patent-vs-patina)
- **pacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacing-vs-patina)
- **paging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paging-vs-patina)
- **Pacino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacino-vs-patina)
- **panini** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/panini-vs-patina)
- **patient** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patient-vs-patina)

## Common misspellings (8)
`aptina`, `paitna`, `patian`, `patinna`, `patnia`, `pattina`, `ppatina`, `ptaina`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/patina